Streets of Washington
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Unique vintage images from postcards, stereoviews and other ephemera as well as in-depth stories about historic people and places in the Washington, D.C. area.
Ben and Bun’s restaurant was located in the commercial storefront at 3663 Georgia Avenue NW, on the corner of Georgia Avenue and Rock Creek Church Road in Petworth. Ben and Bun’s operated in the 1960s; previously James L. Perrus’s Elite Restaurant was there. A check-cashing store is there now.
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ben and Bun’s restaurant was located in the commercial storefront at 3663 Georgia Avenue NW, on the corner of Georgia Avenue and Rock Creek Church Road in Petworth. Ben and Bun’s operated in the 1960s; previously James L. Perrus’s Elite Restaurant was there. A check-cashing store is there now.
A lesser-known federal office building that deserves some attention:
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The monumental Cohen Building on the chopping block
It's been called "The Sistine Chapel of the New Deal"
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December 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A lesser-known federal office building that deserves some attention:
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Vintage postcard of Howard University's Main Building, one of the first buildings constructed after the university's founding in 1867. It survived as a classroom and administration building until the 1930s and was torn down to make way for Founders Library (1939).
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Vintage postcard of Howard University's Main Building, one of the first buildings constructed after the university's founding in 1867. It survived as a classroom and administration building until the 1930s and was torn down to make way for Founders Library (1939).
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November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New on Streets of Washington, the history of the beautiful building that Trump wants to paint white: streetsofwashington.substack.com/p/a-gray-lad...
A Gray Lady: The Imposing Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Truman and others thought it a "monstrosity" but didn't change it.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New on Streets of Washington, the history of the beautiful building that Trump wants to paint white: streetsofwashington.substack.com/p/a-gray-lad...
We're wrapping up our Potomac excursions with this in-depth look at Marshall Hall and its rich legacy: streetsofwashington.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What Happened to Marshall Hall?
A grand remnant of the Colonial era in Southern Maryland
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November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We're wrapping up our Potomac excursions with this in-depth look at Marshall Hall and its rich legacy: streetsofwashington.substack.com/p/what-happe...
New on SoW: The Wilson Line on the Potomac:
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Excursions on the Potomac - Part II
Taking the Wilson Line to Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall was once the ultimate summer day trip
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October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
New on SoW: The Wilson Line on the Potomac:
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The eastern side of the White House as seen from the Treasury Department, circa 1868.
October 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The eastern side of the White House as seen from the Treasury Department, circa 1868.
A streetcar reaches the end of the Route 74 line on Upshur Street NW at Rock Creek Church Road NW, in 1957. The Eagle Gate of the US Soldiers Home is just behind the photographer.
October 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A streetcar reaches the end of the Route 74 line on Upshur Street NW at Rock Creek Church Road NW, in 1957. The Eagle Gate of the US Soldiers Home is just behind the photographer.
New on SoW: Early steamboat excursions on the Potomac:
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Excursions on the Potomac - Part I
Steamboats to Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall have a long history
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September 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New on SoW: Early steamboat excursions on the Potomac:
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Joseph and Stella Lapiana, natives of Sicily, opened the Cavalier Restaurant on 14th Street in Columbia Heights in 1940. The Cavalier was one of the earliest restaurants in DC to offer authentic Italian pizza. In 1949, the Lapianas sold it to “Gentleman Jim” Hance, who moved it to Twinbrook MD.
August 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Joseph and Stella Lapiana, natives of Sicily, opened the Cavalier Restaurant on 14th Street in Columbia Heights in 1940. The Cavalier was one of the earliest restaurants in DC to offer authentic Italian pizza. In 1949, the Lapianas sold it to “Gentleman Jim” Hance, who moved it to Twinbrook MD.
New on SoW, an enduring preservation success story:
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Saving the Magnificent Warner Theater
It's the last of the city's 1920s vaudeville/movie palaces.
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August 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New on SoW, an enduring preservation success story:
streetsofwashington.substack.com/p/saving-the...
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A streetcar (Route 72/74) makes its way along Maine Avenue SW, along the Southwest waterfront in May 1957. Docked at the waterfront is the USS Davis, a Forrest-Sherman class destroyer that had just been commissioned and was stopping at Washington for Armed Forces Day celebrations.
August 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A streetcar (Route 72/74) makes its way along Maine Avenue SW, along the Southwest waterfront in May 1957. Docked at the waterfront is the USS Davis, a Forrest-Sherman class destroyer that had just been commissioned and was stopping at Washington for Armed Forces Day celebrations.
Rehoboth Beach boardwalk--postcard view from the 1950s
July 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Rehoboth Beach boardwalk--postcard view from the 1950s
Remembering the Bonus Army 93 years ago:
In July 1932, the Army attacked its own veterans in DC
The "Bonus Army" protesters were routed and their encampments destroyed.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Remembering the Bonus Army 93 years ago:
Remembering a nearly lost DC restaurant tradition...
Seafood and rum buns on the Southwest waterfront
Contrary to urban legend, Hogate's didn't invent rum buns.
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July 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Remembering a nearly lost DC restaurant tradition...
This Hagerstown, Maryland railroad depot was built in 1890 and designed by E. Francis Baldwin in the trendy Romanesque style. It was demolished shortly after World War II. An almost identical station once stood at the Catholic University of America in DC. It was torn down in the mid 1980s.
July 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This Hagerstown, Maryland railroad depot was built in 1890 and designed by E. Francis Baldwin in the trendy Romanesque style. It was demolished shortly after World War II. An almost identical station once stood at the Catholic University of America in DC. It was torn down in the mid 1980s.
A bit of restaurant history on our Substack:
Italian comfort food at 19th and M Streets NW
Two popular restaurants once competed half a block from each other.
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June 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A bit of restaurant history on our Substack:
Tuck postcard, circa 1905, of a busy scene at the U.S. Capitol.
May 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tuck postcard, circa 1905, of a busy scene at the U.S. Capitol.